Preserving Quotes

229 Preserving quotes by 202 unique authors

Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. It's just… — will.i.am
The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as… — Theodore Roosevelt
She wanted to exist only as a conscious flower, prolonging and preserving herself — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the Doppelschläferin, and the preparation and flying of a magic… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock
[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other. — Samuel Johnson
The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand. — Wislawa Szymborska
Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in… — Wendell Berry
If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. If I wish… — Soren Kierkegaard
For I regard memory not as a phenomenon preserving one thing and losing another merely by chance, but as a power that deliberately places events… — Stefan Zweig
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving… — William Shakespeare
Good art wounds as well as delights. It must, because our defenses against the truth are wound so tightly around us. But as art chips… — Rollo May
A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity… — Bertrand Russell
Not if we blow it up," Gale says brusquely. His intent, his full intent, becomes clear. Gale has no interest in preserving the lives of… — Suzanne Collins
No, I don’t have to tell a soul about this, I promised myself. When you are a kid, you don’t know yet that a secret,… — Karen Russell
Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers'… — William Shakespeare
The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover… — Brennan Manning
The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat in half an… — Brigham Young
The world may need fixing, but it's worth preserving. — Rick Riordan
Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it. — John Stott
In fact I no longer value this kind of memento. I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what… — Joan Didion
These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints. — Elizabeth Kostova
The great challenge of the twenty-first century is to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much of the rest… — E. O. Wilson
People never remeber happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering. — Edward St Aubyn
Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving — David Levithan
it was like this. the brain could no longer bear the worries and pains that were imposed on it. it said: "i'm giving up; but… — Franz Kafka

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